[PATCH v7 1/2] x86/kexec: VMCLEAR vmcss on all cpus if necessary
Zhang Yanfei
zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com
Wed Nov 21 21:33:58 EST 2012
This patch adds an atomic notifier list named vmclear_notifier_list.
When loading kvm-intel module, a notifier will be registered in
the list to enable vmcss loaded on all cpus to be VMCLEAR'd if
needed.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index 317ff17..43e0db3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ struct kimage_arch {
};
#endif
+extern struct atomic_notifier_head vmclear_notifier_list;
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* _ASM_X86_KEXEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 13ad899..c953d50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/elfcore.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/hardirq.h>
@@ -30,6 +32,19 @@
int in_crash_kexec;
+/*
+ * The list is used to VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on all
+ * cpus. And when loading kvm_intel module, the
+ * vmclear function will be registered in the list.
+ */
+ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(vmclear_notifier_list);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmclear_notifier_list);
+
+static inline void cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss(void)
+{
+ atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vmclear_notifier_list, 0, NULL);
+}
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)
static void kdump_nmi_callback(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -46,6 +61,11 @@ static void kdump_nmi_callback(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
#endif
crash_save_cpu(regs, cpu);
+ /*
+ * VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on all cpus if needed.
+ */
+ cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss();
+
/* Disable VMX or SVM if needed.
*
* We need to disable virtualization on all CPUs.
@@ -88,6 +108,11 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus();
+ /*
+ * VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on this cpu if needed.
+ */
+ cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss();
+
/* Booting kdump kernel with VMX or SVM enabled won't work,
* because (among other limitations) we can't disable paging
* with the virt flags.
--
1.7.1
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